Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Crown Valley

So Peter and I did a trip for our anniversary this year. We have never done anything like it before and I decided it was time that we do something instead of getting each other something. Rebecca, our sitter, recommended Crown Vally. Her and her husband went in February and she said it was great. So I checked out their website and they have different packages available. They have a winery package and a brewery package. It was a pretty good deal. You got a nights stay at a B&B, a tour and tasting at the brewery, a $25 gift card toward any Crown purchases and a growler full of your favorite beer. There was also a shuttle for transportation to and from the brewery, but not for dinner.
There was some poor planning on my part because I didn't check everything out until that day and because it is the off season they are only open till 6:00pm, oops! But we got down the the winery around 3:15 and checked in and they took us to our B&B. We were the only ones staying there for the night. It was a nice house. The room was big. It was different than a regular B&B because no one actually lived there and breakfast the next morning was at the restaurant. So we droped our stuff off and went to the brewery.
The brewery was nice. Our tour was at 4:00 and then we did our tasting after that. The brewery has only been open for ten months, so it was nice and small and the beer was pretty good. We stayed til they were ready to close and then went to dinner at Tiger Ridge Restaurant. We had to drive ourselves there so we couldn't drink as much because we wanted to be responsible.
Tiger Ridge is also owned by the same people who own the winery and brewery. It was nice and they have a tiger sanctuary there. We were waiting at the bar for our table and someone came and said they were doing the tiger stroll and asked if we wanted to go. It was really cool. We saw 3 regular tigers and the snow tiger. They were making a lot of noise too. I was amazed....so I am glad that we went to the restaurant for that part. We then went back and had dinner. It was way overpriced and not that great. We then went back to the house and watched TV and RELAXED!!! It was so nice. We got up the next morning and went to breakfast and headed home. It was a great time.
The next time we go we want to do it with friends because you can rent the whole house and we would just eat at the bar. It would be a great time. Anyone up for that can email me!!

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